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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Kapur, Devesh |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Large foreign currency reserves: insurance for domestic weaknesses and external uncertainties? |
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2003 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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p.1047-053. |
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15 Mar |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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This paper, while attempting to explain India's decision to accumulate high foreign currency reserves, also analyses the resulting political-economy consequences. It is argued that the reserves are both a form of insurance against adverse external shocks as well as compensation for the inability to address long-standing domestic economic problems, a relatively unexplored theme. - Reproduced. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Currencies |
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Foreign exchange |
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Patel, Urjit R. |
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Economic and Political Weekly |
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